June continued a busy early summer for NPEs. Notable filers included Adaptive Avenue Associates, Authentixx, Big Will Enterprises, Cedar Lane Technologies, Context Directions, Happy Products, Local Interest, Linfo IP, Near Field Electronics, Nostromo, Patent Armory, Random Chat, S3G Technology, and Wolverine Barcode IP.

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Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc. v. Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. (E.D. Tex.).

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.

Plaintiff: Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl: Direction IP Law

Patents: 7,171,629 (Customizable web site access system and method therefore); 7,428,707 (CUSTOMIZABLE WEB SITE ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFORE)

Authentixx LLC v. 121 Media, LLC (E.D. Tex., S.D. Tex., N.D. Tex., W.D. Tex.).      

Claims: Infringement

Judge: District Judge Jane J. Boyle

Defendants:

  • 121 Media, LLC 
  • BeatStars, Inc. 
  • Data World, Inc. 
  • Graham Media Group, Inc. 
  • Hart Energy Publishing LLP 
  • Hartman Newspapers, L.P. 
  • Houston Association of Realtors, Inc. 
  • iTexasPolitics, LLC 
  • Kirkus Media LLC 
  • Lee Enterprises, Inc. 
  • Maven Learning, Inc. 
  • Medianova, LLC 
  • Pickleball OpCo LLC
  • ProjectManager.com, Inc. 
  • Sage Capital Bank Account 
  • Southern Newspapers Inc.
  • Territorium, Inc. 
  • TexAgs
  • Uvation, LLC 

Plaintiff: Authentixx LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Rabicoff Law; DNL Zito

Patent: 10,355,863 (SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING ELECTRONIC CONTENT)

Big Will Enterprises Inc. v. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. (W.D. Tex.).

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

Plaintiff: Big Will Enterprises Inc.

Pls. Cnsl: Eureka Intellectual Property Law

Patents: 10,521,846 (Targeted advertisement selection for a wireless communication device (WCD)); 8,452,273 (SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MOBILE THING MOTION ACTIVITY (MTMA) USING ACCELEROMETER OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE); 8,559,914 (Interactive Personal Surveillance and Security (IPSS) System); 8,737,951 (Interactive Personal Surveillance and Security (IPSS) Systems and Methods); 9,049,558 (Systems and Methods for Determining Mobile Thing Motion Activity (MTMA) Using Sensor Data of Wireless Communication Device (WCD) and Initiating Activity-Based Actions)

Cedar Lane Technologies Inc. v. Canva US, Inc. (W.D. Tex.).

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: Canva US, Inc.

Plaintiff: Cedar Lane Technologies Inc.

Pls. Cnsl: Rabicoff Law

Patent: 8,438,485 (SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, CUSTOMIZING, DISTRIBUTING, AND PRESENTING AN INTERACTIVE AUDIO PUBLICATION)

Context Directions LLC v. Patterson Motors of Kilgore, Inc. (multiple cases) (E.D. Tex.).            

Judge: District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claims: Infringement

Defendants:

  • Patterson Motors of Kilgore, Inc. 
  • Patterson Motors of Longview, Inc. 
  • Patterson Motors of Marshall, Inc. 
  • Patterson Motors of Marshall Two, Inc. 
  • Peters Chevrolet, Inc. 
  • Wagner Cadillac Company, Ltd. 

Plaintiff: Context Directions LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Direction IP Law

Patents: 10,142,791 (METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT AWARENESS OF A MOBILE DEVICE); 9,807,564 (Method for Detecting Context of a Mobile Device and a Mobile Device with a Context Detection Module)

Happy Products, Inc. v. Boscov’s Department Store, LLC et al (D.N.J.).

Claims: Infringement

Defendants:

  • BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.
  • Boscov’s Department Store, LLC d/b/a Boscov’s
  • Unbeatable Sale.com, Inc.

Plaintiff: Happy Products, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl: Fox Rothschild; Devlin Law Firm; Squire Patton Boggs

Patent: RE48,479 (MULTIPLE VIEWING ANGLE MEDIA SUPPORT)

Local Interest, LLC v. Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. (E.D. Tex.).

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.

Plaintiff: Local Interest, LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Rozier Hardt McDonough

Patents: 7,532,899 (SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED SERVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK, SUCH AS LOCATING SETS OF DESIRED LOCATIONS); 8,774,834 (SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED SERVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK, SUCH AS LOCATING SETS OF DESIRED LOCATIONS)

Linfo IP, LLC v. Mariner Finance, LLC (W.D. Tex.).

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: Mariner Finance, LLC

Plaintiff: Linfo IP, LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Ramey

Patent: 9,430,131 (System, Methods, and User Interface for Organizing Unstructured Data Objects)

Near Field Electronics LLC v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (multiple cases) (E.D. Tex.).

Judges: District Judge Michael J. Truncale; District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III

Claims: Infringement

Defendants:   

  • CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
  • EAN Holdings, LLC d/b/a Enterprise Rent A Car
  • Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
  • PPG Industries, Inc.
  • Visionworks, Inc.
  • Visionworks Of America, Inc

Plaintiff: Near Field Electronics LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Devlin Law Firm; Shea Beaty

Patents: 6,691,201 (Dual mode usb-ps/2 device); 6,742,071 (Real-time i/o processor used to implement bus interface protocols); 6,959,350 (CONFIGURABLE USB INTERFACE WITH VIRTUAL REGISTER ARCHITECTURE); 6,996,727 (Power supply for universal serial bus interface with programmable bus pullup resistor); 7,373,531 (SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD, FREQUENCY DETECTION METHOD, POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL METHOD, SIGNAL DETECTING DEVICE, FREQUENCY DETECTING DEVICE, POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS)

Nostromo LLC v. Walgreen Co. d/b/a Walgreens (multiple cases) (E.D. Tex.).   

Judges: District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

Claims: Infringement

Defendants:

  • Fibar Group SA
  • Macy’s, Inc. d/b/a Macy’s 
  • Nice SpA
  • Sephora USA, Inc. 
  • Starbucks Corporation 
  • Walgreen Co. d/b/a Walgreens 

Plaintiff: Nostromo LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Fabricant

Patent: 8,559,970 (Method for Providing Location-Based Information Services, Location-Based Information Services System, and Portable Electronic Device)

Patent Armory Inc. v. BHI Residential Long Term Corporation (D. Colo.).

Judge: Magistrate Judge Susan Prose

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: BHI Residential Long Term Corporation

Plaintiff: Patent Armory Inc.

Pls. Cnsl: Rabicoff Law

Patents: 7,023,979 (TELEPHONY CONTROL SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT CALL ROUTING); 9,456,086 (METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING ENTITIES IN AN AUCTION)

Querytron LLC v. Etsy, Inc. (multiple cases)(S.D.N.Y.).   

Claims: Infringement

Defendants:   

  • Etsy, Inc.
  • Shutterstock, Inc. 

Plaintiff: Querytron LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Rabicoff Law

Patent: 10,534,820 (ENHANCED BUYER-ORIENTED SEARCH RESULTS)

Random Chat LLC v. Bath & Body Works Direct, Inc. (W.D. Tex.).

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: Bath & Body Works Direct, Inc.

Plaintiff: Random Chat LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Ramey

Patent: 8,402,099 (METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION BASED ON A NETWORK PROTOCOL, PARTICULARLY TCP/IP AND/OR UDP)

Reframe Technologies LLC, v. Radisson Hospitality, Inc. (multiple cases) (W.D. Tex.).   

Claims: Infringement

Defendants:

  • Radisson Hospitality, Inc.
  • Tesla, Inc.

Plaintiff: Reframe Technologies LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Rabicoff Law

Patent: 7,552,870 (TRADING NETWORK RESOURCES)

S3G Technology LLC v. Pacific Sunwear of California, LLC (E.D. Tex.).

Judges: District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: Pacific Sunwear of California LLC d/b/a PacSun

Plaintiff: S3G Technology LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Parker Bunt & Ainsworth 

Patents: 11,662,995 (Network efficient location-based dialogue sequence using virtual processor); 8,572,571 (MODIFICATION OF TERMINAL AND SERVICE PROVIDER MACHINES USING AN UPDATE SERVER MACHINE); 9,081,897 (Modification of Terminal and Service Provider Machines Using an Update Server Machine); 9,940,124 (Modification of Terminal and Service Provider Machines Using an Update Server Machine)

Wolverine Barcode IP, LLC v. Albertsons Companies, Inc. (N.D. Tex.).

Judge: District Judge A. Joe Fish

Claims: Infringement

Defendant: Albertsons Companies, Inc.

Plaintiff: Wolverine Barcode IP, LLC

Pls. Cnsl: Ramey

Patent: 9,280,689 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING OFFLINE COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS)